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Fonts similar to Cactus Classical Serif

The fonts most like Cactus Classical Serif are Noto Serif Japanese (98 out of 100), Crimson Pro (76) and Charis SIL (75), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 42–54% of the em (Cactus Classical Serif’s is 47%) and lowercase letters 46–56% of the em wide (51%), and all twelve are serifs too.

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Cactus Classical Serif's letters under another nameSource Serif 4Chiron Sung HKBpmf Zihi Kai Std

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  1. 98match · #1

    Noto Serif Japanese

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    more stroke contrast · 10% wider · x-height 9% taller

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in 1

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  2. 76match · #2

    Crimson Pro

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    x-height 11% shorter · 20% heavier · 10% narrower

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in t, 2, and 7

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  3. 75match · #3

    Charis SIL

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    23% heavier · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in J, H, and t

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  4. 70match · #4

    Rufina

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    more stroke contrast · 12% heavier · 4% wider

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in 1, 9, and 6

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  5. 69match · #5

    ElstobP

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    more stroke contrast · 10% narrower · x-height 8% shorter

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in 4, Z, and t

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  6. 69match · #6

    Song Myung

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    38% heavier · more stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in t, 1, and Z

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  7. 68match · #7

    Karma

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    less stroke contrast · 4% narrower · x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in C, f, and H

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  8. 66match · #8

    Elstob

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    more stroke contrast · x-height 8% shorter · 7% narrower

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in 4, t, and p

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  9. 66match · #9

    Faustina

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    20% heavier · 7% narrower · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in p, 5, and t

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  10. 65match · #10

    Recia

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    x-height 10% taller · 6% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in p, 3, and V

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  11. 64match · #11

    Bitter

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    x-height 12% taller · less stroke contrast · 5% wider

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in a, f, and c

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  12. 64match · #12

    Adamina

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    x-height 14% taller · 17% heavier · 7% wider

    Differs most from Cactus Classical Serif in t, Q, and 9

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The 100 fonts like Cactus Classical Serif, measured

Cactus Classical Serif is lighter than most fonts like it: 85 of the 100 are heavier and 5 lighter. What they keep most is Cactus Classical Serif’s width: 27 are within 3% of it, Charis SIL the closest of them. They part from Cactus Classical Serif most often in t (33 of the 100), H (24) and p (21).

Questions about fonts like Cactus Classical Serif

What is the closest font to Cactus Classical Serif?

Noto Serif Japanese, at 98 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Cactus Classical Serif, it is 10% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 9% taller. After it come Crimson Pro (76) and Charis SIL (75).

Is there a free alternative to Cactus Classical Serif?

Cactus Classical Serif is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Noto Serif Japanese, Crimson Pro and Charis SIL come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Charis SIL sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 1.7% taller.